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Y.W.’s Planning Department:- Responds to consultation on Local Development Frameworks (21 LPAs + 6 outside Yorks. & Humber + GOYH) Responds to planning consultations (LPAs & developers) and pre-planning enquiries Y.W.s own planning requirements for capital programme delivery
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Y.W.’s Planning Department:- • Responds to consultation on Local Development • Frameworks (21 LPAs + 6 outside Yorks. & Humber + GOYH) • Responds to planning consultations (LPAs & developers) and pre-planning enquiries • Y.W.s own planning requirements for capital programme delivery • Undertakes population forecasts • Provides specialist advice on planning and associated • legislation to the business
Why consult with W. & S.Cs.? • Circ. 17/91 “It is essential for the water industry and local planning authorities to work together to achieve appropriate solutions for development in each area” • To protect assets, the public water supply and the aquatic environment when new development is proposed or taking place • Non-statutory consultee for D.C. but since 2004 Act statutory consultee • on Development Plans • Issues: location and available capacity of public sewers/WWTW, water resources, proximity to assets (WWTW, reservoirs) • No planning policy statement for water (DCLG guidance in preparation)- but PPS1, 12, 23 & 25
Development Plans • Statutory consultee since 2004 Act- pro-active approach • Allows YW to input into planning process at development plan stage to • ensure use of land is appropriate to our interest as statutory undertaker and that phasing of development can be aligned with our investment plans • Comment on use allocations and policy • Feeds into growth forecasting. Current lack of certainty for infrastructure planning due to slow LDF process. Distribution of growth that matters • Maximise value to company- YW sites allocated for a future non- • operational use • SFRAs and SWMPs- LPAs should consider the impact of a development on the drainage of an area. YW supports multi-agency approach
Development Control • Yorkshire Water is not a Statutory Consultee but good practice to consult (~12,000 p.a.) • To check if infrastructure crosses the site • To ensure there is adequate capacity in the sewerage network and at the receiving Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) • To ensure a proposed development is not situated too close to a WWTW or pumping station • Public water supply- groundwater Source Protection Zones (SPZ),